Samuel P. Frearson
An American Author
Samuel P. Frearson, a pseudonym I carefully selected, is an integral part of my life as an author. It functions as a shield, camouflaging places, names, and dates, a necessity for my personal protection.
He was born in London, England, in the early 1960s to an Irish, Scottish, and Welsh father and a French and English mother. This diverse heritage led to a multi-cultural and multi-lingual upbringing.
His College and University life began with a foray into Physics. Unhappy with this choice in discipline, he changed schools and transferred to studying computers, electronics, and software.
Sam immigrated to the United States in the late 1990s and worked as a Computer Engineer in the Aerospace industry. He retired during the mid-2010s to settle down farming on his orchard. It was not until after the COVID-19 epidemic and almost twenty years as a Permanent Resident of the United States that Sam finally became a proud citizen in 2022.
Writing and grammar were never Sam’s forte. Problem-solving, mathematics, algebra, trigonometry, physics, and the sciences were the strong suits to which he was drawn. In 2018, Sam began to divorce his now ex-wife, Lucy. This legal process had him keeping notes of events, both past and present, for his lawyer and the court case. Eventually, Sam realized that his notetaking was therapeutic. Because of the extreme absurdity of his circumstances, he decided to transform his notes from point form to story form and ultimately to write a memoir of these misadventures. However, a compelling story with horrible grammar skills “does not a book make.”
I can offer two sets of advice—the first is for anyone thinking of writing a book: don’t be afraid of what seems like a monumental task: writing, editing, and publishing your story. Just do it. Start simple like I did: use bullets and get your thoughts down. Learning proper grammar and using engaging words and dialogues are steps for later. I keep a little pocket notebook called My Book of Words. Whenever I see or hear an interesting word in the news, a song, or a conversation that is not a common everyday word I use, I jot it down in my notebook. Happy storytelling.
Finally, the second set of advice is for anyone afflicted by a narcissist in their life—Get Help. I advise you to seek therapy and possibly legal help. Believe me when I say, “You need it.” Break ALL contact with the narcissist. I wish you the best in narsorssizing yourself of this tormentor during your healing journey.
Sam I Am!
